Supporting Member texscottyd Posted August 25, 2017 Supporting Member Share Posted August 25, 2017 Hurricane Harvey is moving in, and it's looking like a wild few days along the Texas Gulf Coast. I'm just southwest of Houston, where the rain forecasts are in the 25 inch range. It looks like the FJ is staying in the garage for the foreseeable future... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member texscottyd Posted August 25, 2017 Author Supporting Member Share Posted August 25, 2017 ...but at least the Houston Dynamo game is still on... awesome! Ha! Yeah, I got a chuckle out of that, too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsmith Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Wow! Good luck! Riding a fully-farkled 2019 MT-09 Tracer 900 GT from my bayside home in South East Queensland, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member DavidS Posted August 25, 2017 Premium Member Share Posted August 25, 2017 Time to attach your bike to a raft, with the rear wheel running the paddle wheel. Awesome surf dude........ Seriously man, be safe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member keithu Posted August 26, 2017 Premium Member Share Posted August 26, 2017 LOL, that's one of the things I love about soccer. I used to laugh at parents signing their kids up and asking, "What if it rains?" "We get wet." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member martyl Posted August 26, 2017 Premium Member Share Posted August 26, 2017 Be safe. Prayers... A Motorcyclist's Church is the open road.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member texscottyd Posted August 26, 2017 Author Supporting Member Share Posted August 26, 2017 I know this is serious weather stuff you got in store... but you can instead spend the weekend in the garage playing with tools and inventing expensive projects, while listening to Clutch. I have at least three days trapped at home, internet access, and a credit balance with PayPal. This could get ugly... My wife is giving me The Look, since I'm already elbows deep in my latest expensive project: 700cc Raptor motor swap into a 500 Interceptor frame. CBR954 forks, R1 tail section, whatever other crazy stuff we can come up with. It should be quite the hooligan bike when it's done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koth442 Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Good luck! '15 FJ09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member betoney Posted August 26, 2017 Supporting Member Share Posted August 26, 2017 I have at least three days trapped at home, internet access, and a credit balance with PayPal. This could get ugly...I know the feeling... after totaling my FZ1 a year ago, I sold off the aftermarket goodies and had a Paypal balance of almost $2,000. My FJ got a new Penske shock from Traxxion Dynamics and an MCCruise free and clear! ***2015 Candy Red FJ-09*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member texscottyd Posted August 26, 2017 Author Supporting Member Share Posted August 26, 2017 @piotrek and @betoney - I can 100% relate. I was called for jury duty a few months back, and managed to order $500 in bike parts while waiting in the jury assembly area. The county paid me six bucks for my service, so it was really only net $494... win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member texscottyd Posted August 26, 2017 Author Supporting Member Share Posted August 26, 2017 Since the weather precluded any riding today, I took care of some routine maintenance instead. Here is the rear rack load test... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crosshairs Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Stay safe you guys and gals.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member texscottyd Posted August 30, 2017 Author Supporting Member Share Posted August 30, 2017 Hey gang - Thanks for all the concern. The experience here through the storm has been indescribable... the magnitude of flooding and damage is impossible to comprehend. My family and I are safe, and it looks like our house is going to make it - barely - without taking on water. We finally had to evacuate on Monday night, as the creek behind our house was rising far too quickly to risk staying. If all goes according to plan, we're going back home tomorrow. Meanwhile my wife and I, along with our 100 pound golden retriever, are safe and dry at a local extended stay hotel. Part of the storm prep included moving the FJ and Aprilia to a neighbor's higher garage, putting the 636 on paddock stands and cinder blocks, and stacking the YSR/XL on top of my workbench... priorities, after all. Your thoughts, prayers, and support are appreciated! We're a resilient bunch here along the Texas Gulf Coast, and will recover from this and move forward. -Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koth442 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Whoa. Thanks for the update. '15 FJ09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norcal616 Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 the local news here in Michigan were saying a few days ago the amount of water Harvey dumped before it came swirled back over land and it all went to Lake Michigan it would raise the lake water lvl by about 2.5FT 2012 wr250f - C-class 30+ age group 2015 fz-07- Hordpower Edition-80whp 2015 fj-09- Graves Exhaust w/Woolich tune by 2WDW @120whp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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